Dumping-car.



N0'.859,799. l l PATENTED JULYQ, `19017.

A. BECKER.

. DUMPING GARY.

APPLIGATION FILED MAY Z6. 1906.

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PATENTED JULY 9, 1907.

No'.v 859,799.

EGKER.

ING CAR.

APPMOATION FILED MAY 26.1906.l

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IN VE 1v' T OR Alarney N0..859,799. PATENTED JULY 9, 190'?.

A. BECKER. DUMPING CAR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY Z6. 1906.

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INVENTOR n v PATENT@ JULY 9, 19u?.

A` BECKER.

DUMPING GAR.'

APPLICATION FILED MAY 26. 1906.

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" INEA/TOR Harney No,- 859,799. ATENTED 'JULY 9. 1907. A. BECKER.DUMPING GAR. APPlLIoATIoN FILED MAY as. 1906.

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T6 zz'whbmftmay mmvBe it known -that'L ANTON-BECKER, a resident ofColumbus, in the' :o11.`nty .orf Franklin andl State of Ohio, have'invented certain new and useful Improve- 'and arrangements' of parts ashereinafter s'et" forth and ments inDumpingCarsyand Ido Vhereby declarethe following to bea full, "clear',fand'e1act description of theinvention, suchras enable others skilled in the which it appertains'toniake-andnselthesame. 'I'

' f invention relatesrto-iinprdveinentsin 'dumping L cars', and 'moreparticularly to'an improved steel hopf 'per bottom4 car having d ropdoors, one object of theinventio'nA the strength .durability ofthe andso construct and 'arrange thesame that A it can be e'silyoperated todumplto either side through .l l

' A iurther'object is to improve various features of con-' l Ystructionlof a car .of the class to whichrny inventionj relates. i v AWith these.objects lin view, the invention consists novel features o vconstructionand combinations pointe'dlou't theclaims.

In the 'accompanying drawings; AFigure 1 is a s ide elevation biacer-embodying my improvements. 1".' Fig.'

f2 isa' top planview Fig. 3 is an' endelevation: Fig. 4

. perspeotive of one of thel doors.f Figs. 6 and`7 views-showing of thecar 'underrarne j con'strucxiom Vaandfllig 8 is a fragmentaryperspective zQ 'view illustrating-'a sligliilymodiied form" of door?".lvzrpresents the hopperfbddy', composed offsteel' plates securelyrivetedtogether and' to angleuprights The car isfprovided with achannelcenter f1 havingchannel draitsills 5 securely riveted to -theprespectiveends thereof. The end sills- 6 and drawbar cai'- 'er-angles 7 extendacross the` ends of the draft- 5.

The carrier'angles and end sills are connected by gusset platesasclearly shown in Figf and face plates 9 are securedto the end sills 6,carrier angles 7 and gusset plates 8, by means of rivets 10;' Thefaceplates 9 are' pliances.

recessedy ornotched' tofaccomm'odate l-tliedrait ap- The body bolstersof thecar are shown at-lland each comprises -two nhanneledf having theirflanges projecting outwardly, andconneting plates 11 uniting saidchannelron's. A plate 28 bridges the channel iron members i eachv bodybolster and is seclired at its longitudinal edges upon the upper ange ofthe lool'- A-"supporting sheet 14 is secured to the upper edge of eachweb plate 12 and-these supporting sheets 14 serve to connect the lwebplates with the inclinedlo'ors' of -the body. Horizontal plates 30"'aresecured at one' end to.

- the respectiveweb Plites l2 land at their other ends to v60 the floorplates nearthe lower ends yof the latten Thedoor platesare also securedto the sidesof'thecar body as shownat 31, and braces 32 extend from oneinclined portion ofthe ioor to the other, said braces 32 being alsosecured to thesides of the carbody.- In order to ef-V 65 yfectuallybrace thebody 1,"a transverse beam 33 exj tends'irorn 'one side wall tothe other thereof slightly below the-top of said body 1.

f Deflector plates 15 are` secured to `theoiiter-faces of, the centersill and said plates project upwardly into the bottom of the car bodyand also towardeach other with their upper edges riveted together, saidparts thus serv ing to direct the contents of thegcar to the doors 16which normally .close the"ca.r bottom.y Each door 16 is providedthroughout its full width with a hinge 17 by 75Y means ofhich it isconnected with an outer side face ofthe center sill. When closed, thedoors will be disposed inan outwardlyand downwardly inclined positionwith their sideedges bearing upwardlyag'ainst angle 'iron stopsl8secured to depending hopper sheets 80.

19 riy'etedfat the'- operi hopper bottom. 6 .Dep`e nding brack-`ets 20are secured to the outer faces loi-the' sheets 19 and provide bearingsfor crank shafts j 22 are mounted en .the'crank shafts 2l andfare-*movable channel tracks 23 on the under faces of 85 l vthe.d'oo1sf, lto openand close the latter when the crank shafts aroperated;.The sbatte-21 extend to one end of th`e car, where-they are 'slipportedin bearings?! and are provided with pawland Aratchetmechanism' 25,tolock Athen; in position. Levers y26, providedfwith pawls 27,l 9()- areprovided; to engage ratchet wheels 27j and turn the shafts, as win beresdilyiundrstqtd,

In Fig. 8, fthiedooris' shown inalioiizontal position.

when cldsed, but the inclined door is preferred, as a greaterdegreefofinclination: can be givento'the door` 954 whenopen, to moreeffectuallydump the contents of the car. -f It will observed-that by turningtheshafts to swing thecrank arms and rollers outward and downward, thedoors will .be permitted to swing open and that bylturnng shaitsinthe-'reverse direction, the 10:

doors will be raised'totheirclosed position and held0 there; v

Various slight `changes mig-ht be made in the details i.

of construct-.ion of my invention without departing from thespiritthereo or limiting its scope end lienee I 105 do not wish to`limitmyselfto the precise detailsherein v set forth.

V:Hai/ing'fully described my invention what I claim as new and desiretosecure byLetters-Patent, is:

' i. In a hopper camelssommation-witness body, @no no a body bolster, ofa plateipsed upon the bolster, we@ plate disposed edgewis over saidlplate and 'securedto the inclined oor of the bodj, land angle irons'at'both svld'esoff the Aweb plate and securing vthe latter to vtl1e:,plate ven the body bblste'r.

2. lnahopper car, the combination with tire body, 'ofl1 body bolstercomprising tv`vo channel-menibers,fo. hol izon `al plate locatedl uponthe ange`sv`of said ehnnelbolsterf members, a web platedisposed-.edgewise over ssdgfplategL -aneans securing thevupper edgeof`said web plateftno'thoinclined door of the body, and twoadgledronssecued *re-f spectively tothe sides of saldmeb plateand*toftlfg hor zontal plate on'the bolster. v i

3 vIn a car, lthe combination withrhoppqjsh'ped H y of ceinter sillextending'` across the opehbottomifotl-th.

constructedto close the bottom'of the hoppexluidy-,brrck-v ets securedto the lhopper body, crnk shafts lxiioluntefdin* said brackets, rollerson `the crank shattjtog-rng'inst the bottoms of the doors, 4andmeans'forturninipth .orank f shafts. y

4. In a car, the combination with ,zt-hopper shaped body,

Yo.' a center sill extending-across'thejopen bottom. of-tihe' body,delector plates secured to the outside incesotthe center sill andsecured togetherv at their'zixppefed'ges; above thecenter sill, doorshinged to the center si land;

closing the hopperhottom, vcrank shafts, rollersont he4 crank arms ofsaid shafts, channel tracks on tli'ebot'tom of the doors to receive saidrollers, `and meansffor'turn'lng the shafts for opening and closing thedoor v bjqdn,deiictorlplotes"seciiredat their lower edges to theHeures-m s 'the center Ysill fand secured -together above tet ,ill:'-do'o 'hinged to-tl1 e', centersill,- hopper' gieir'ns strips secured,at their lower in- Y hold'theldoors inclined when closed, brack-'ets'secured to Vthe hopper.l sheets, andh'crank'shafts sup- LcenterAsill supporting .the body,

'carrier `angler across t-he 'lower t mcenter Aslllexteliidi'xigio'cross'theopen bottom .ot the 30 the carrier angle; 'and a fgcelplteocross thevends of the V4,5

he 'end' sill and oarI e Instestlrnonjivzhreof, I 'have signed' thisspecifica-tion in the pr'esence o tt'w"o 'subscribing' witnesses.'

ANTON BEcK'nr..

